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Click here to learn moreJoe and the New York Yankees go to the World Series five times in the 1940s, winning four of them.
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Click here to learn moreNorth Korea and South Korea declare war.
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Click here to learn moreThe vaccine for polio was being studied by Jonas Salk.
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Click here for more info Rocky Marciano defeats Jersey Joe Walcott, becoming the world Heavyweight champion.
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Click here to learn moreRoy Campanella, an African American baseball player won the MVP award for the second time. He won them while playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
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Click here to learn more info Joseph Stalin, the leader of the Soviet Union, dies on March 5.
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Click here to learn moreJohn F. Kennedy was assassinated in an open topped convertible.
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Click here to learn more Apollo 11 lands safely on the moon.
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